BBC One - Bang Goes the Theory, Series 4, Episode 6, The Shepard Tone audio illusion (original) (raw)
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The Shepard Tone audio illusion
Dr Yan and music expert Dr Robert Samuels listen carefully to a strange sound illusion called the Shepard Tone, and find out why it makes us all hear things that aren't happening.
Release date:
18 April 2011
Duration:
6 minutes
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Bang Goes the Theory—Series 4, Episode 6
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